November 19, 2009 •
Newsroom Management •
by Kate Nacy
The Pew Internet and American Life Project examines social isolation and new technology. Lee Rainie, director of the project, set out to test the assumption that the Internet contributes to feelings of isolation. The Pew survey finds that...
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November 12, 2009 •
Business Models •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Message, 3/2009 In the mid-90’s, Mark Willes introduced controversial structures to rescue the Los Angeles Times, yet in the end arduous opposition brought him down. Had his strategy been implemented, however, today’s crisis may not be...
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November 5, 2009 •
Media Economics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Schweizer Journalist, Nr. 10 + 11/2009 American journalism is in a “protracted moment of painful change,” and “both its business model and its sense of mission are in full retreat.” How might journalism regain its relevance, asks...
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November 2, 2009 •
Digital News •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Message, Nr. 4/2009 Several of Germany’s most popular bloggers recently devised an “Internet Manifesto,” a document of prescriptions for journalism in the digital age. Stephan Russ-Mohl responds to the bloggers’...
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October 28, 2009 •
Digital News •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Schweizer Journalist, Nr. 8 + 9 Detecting Bull is a title which, when translated literally to German, might cause a bit of confusion. Californian media researcher John McManus is neither advertising an energy drink (i.e. Red Bull), nor...
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September 26, 2009 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Many journalists face difficulties in dealing with statistics, and frequently lack the competence to present quantitative information to their publics in easy-to-grasp language. This is nothing new, as most journalism textbooks contain...
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September 22, 2009 •
Ethics and Quality •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Schweizer Journalist, Nr. 8+9 During the last few years, many publishers in Europe experimented with changes to news formats. However, not all of these experiments in providing handy, magazine-like papers succeeded. The Swiss yellow-press...
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September 20, 2009 •
Media and Politics •
by Angelika Wyka
Schweizer Journalist, Nr. 8+9 Twenty years later, it is time to explore the results of the transformation. This sentiment was at the core of “Beyond East of West: Two Decades of Media Transformation After the Fall of Communism,” an...
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September 19, 2009 •
Media and Politics •
by Stephan Russ-Mohl
Die Furche, September 17, 2009 Silvio Berlusconi’s hybris was our topic here four weeks ago – and it was also mentioned that the Conservatives and the Catholic Church in Italy would have many reasons to distance themselves from the...
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